Chapter II
“Oh, is it you, David? Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord! Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all. David, is he gone?” “He's gone, Nancy.”
The Leatherwood God
Chapter II
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“Oh,
is
it
you,
David?
Oh,
blessed
be
the
name
of
the
Lord!
Maybe
He's
going
to
be
good
to
me,
after
all.
David,
is
he
gone?”
“He's
gone,
Nancy.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
“Oh,
is
it
you,
David?
Line 2
Oh,
blessed
be
the
name
of
the
Lord!
Line 3
Maybe
He's
going
to
be
good
to
me,
after
all.
Line 4
David,
is
he
gone?”
Line 5
“He's
gone,
Nancy.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
After
preposition
US /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.”
Name
noun
US /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!”
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
all
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From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
blessed
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From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
David
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From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
going
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From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
gone
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From this reading David, is he gone?”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading David, is he gone?”
He's
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From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
Lord
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From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
Maybe
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From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
Nancy
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From this reading “He's gone, Nancy.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
Oh
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From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, blessed be the name of the Lord!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Maybe He's going to be good to me, after all.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Oh, is it you, David?